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One issue that ADHD entrepreneurs struggle with is that they are able to come up with many ideas to make money, but they do not have the time or resources to properly act on all of the ideas. Business owners often end up trying to integrate too many of these good ideas into their existing business. This is a recipe for failure because it can confuse and overwhelm existing and potential customers. It can also cause you to reduce your focus on the things that are making currently making you successful. The best way to keep your focus on your business is to have a business plan.

There are many great resources that will help you in establishing a business plan. Personally I like the template on the Small Business Administration website. It will help to guide you by developing a business plan step by step. Developing a business plan can still seem overwhelming to many budding entrepreneurs. To keep it simple, start by asking yourself these three questions.

What product or service do I want to provide?

Is there a need for the products or service I want to provide?

Who are my customers?

If you have a successful business venture you should already be able to answer to your first two questions. If you want to be able to keep and expand your business, it is vital that your understand everything you can about who your customers are and what their needs are. With this understanding you will be able to determine what additional ideas you can incorporate into your business, and what ideas won't be a good fit for your business.

This weekend I want to complete some chores. In order to avoid the awesome power of distraction, I need some additional accountability. I am going to use twitter to post completed tasks during the weekend. I have used this technique on other occasions and found that I completed more tasks on my list. What techniques do you use to motivate yourself when doing tedious tasks?

Have you gone to the store to only pick up a couple of items, and when you got home you found that you forgot at least one of the items you went to the store to pick up. One way to help you to make sure that you remember to but the things you need is to take photos of all the items that you want to pick up at the store. This will not only help you to remember everything that you need, but can also help you to spend less time shopping and keep you more focused to help avoid impulsive purchases.

I am honored to be included on the list of the Top 20 Best ADD ADHD Blogs compiled by Bryan Hutchinson at ADDerworld. The list includes many great ADHD blogs that I read on a regular basis and is a great place for people looking for quality information and different perspectives on ADHD.

Today I paid my automobile excise tax bill. (Applause!!) This may not seem like a big deal to many people. In truth, paying the bill took me all of five minutes. In past years I have struggled to pay this on time, and at least on one occasion I paid the bill late, and incurred additional fees.What makes this difficult for me is that it does not fit well with my financial tracking system.

There are two main reasons why paying the excise tax bill does not fit into my financial system. The excise bill comes but once a year, in my system I keep track of upcoming expenses for three months at the most. The second reason the excise bill does not fit into my system is because the bill is sent by mail. I pay almost all of my bills on-line, this has allowed me to reduce the amount of paper I need to keep track of. Since I am not looking for bills in my mailbox, it is easy for the excise tax bill to get lost in the paper shuffle.

Even though my system does not work well when it comes to paying excise tax, I am not going to change my system. I might tweak my system by setting up a reminder on my calendar next year to make sure I pay the bill on time. Even though my system is not perfect, it works for me most of the time. The problem with trying to create a perfect system is that it often becomes too complex and difficult to maintain. My advice is to accept that your system is not going to cover every scenario, when you have challenges to your system do your best to embrace them.

This is a good time of the year to get a step up on finanical organization. During this month, most people will get important tax documents in the mail. If you are like me, it is likely that you won't open the envelopes for several more weeks. If you are also like me, it is likely that you could misplace one of the documents before the next time you need to look for it. Rather than getting into a panic and frantically looking for a misplaced document. Now is the best time to set up a folder, file, box, or draw to place all of your important tax documents as soon as you get them from your mail box. Setting up a place to put your documents will save you time,reduce your stress, and will also reduce the stress of loved ones who have to deal with your frantic search for misplaced documents.

During this weekend many of us have made New Year's resolutions. According to research by the University of Minnesota 80% of people break their resolutions by Valentine's Day. Financial resolutions can be especially difficult to keep. A 2003 - 2004 UMASS study found that 67% of Adults with ADHD had issues with managing money. So lets review, if your an adult with ADHD it is likely that you will have issues managing money, and if you make a financial resolution, you will likely break it in less than six weeks.

Just because the odds are stacked against you, it is still not a bad idea to make a financial resolution. Making a resolution is a sign that you are serious about financial change. Even if you are unable to keep your specific resolution, just thinking about changes will alter your thoughts when it comes to making future financial decisions. Your resolution will have a better chance of succeeding if you:

Create one realistic goal to focus on. - If you have too many goals with your resolution, you will not be able to properly focus on achieving any of your goals.

Plan Ahead - Having a desire to make change, will only give you short term motivation to achieve your goals. Planning is required in sustain your gains and to make the feasible long term changes you need to make to achieve your goals.

Give yourself a little slack - From time to time you will slip a little backwards when it comes to achieving your goals. Your ability to bounce back from adversity will be a major factor in achieving the long term change that you desire.

Under normal circumstance the malls and superstores can be over stimulating. However during the holiday season everything is more distracting; there are more people shopping, the holiday music always seems louder, there are more choices, and more displays. It is easy to make poor impulsive choices or to get discouraged and not buy anything at all. Many people reduce the stress by doing holiday shopping online. In many cases you can have the gift delivered directly to the person you are giving to and it can also be giftwrapped. This way you won't have to worry about forgetting to bring the gift when you visit people during the holiday season.

Sometimes it is not feasable to buy all of your gifts online. If you have to go to stores try shopping at smaller stores that you are familiar with. Smaller store typically have less distractions and often have more unique gifts.

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The correct medical term for Attention Deficit Disorder is ADHD. There are 3 subtypes of ADHD: Predominantly inattentive(commonly called ADD), Predominantly hyperactive-impulsive, and Combined. Through out this blog and the ADHD related sites linked from this blog the terms ADHD, AD/HD, and ADD are used interchangeably.

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